Static charges and slugs

Topic: Static Electricity Shocks

Question

January 14, 2019

Hello. I want to find a combination of materials that will hold a static charge for as long as possible to repel slugs and snails from a planter.I have bought a copper braid copper adhesive strip for the purpose, but I want to find out that if I was to line the inside circumference of the planter with 15mm copper pipe and induced a very low current,(not enough to kill them, but enough to see them off)how long would either the static charge last as environmental conditions would influence this as well as a battery charge. Any help would be appreciated, thanks

Combining leather and polyester.

Question

January 21, 2018

i have a question about static energy. if you combine leather and polyester does static electricity arise?

Greetings from the Netherlands!

floyd - The Netherlands

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See Materials that Cause Static Electricity to see a list of materials. Leather results in more (+) charges while polyester results in more (-) charges, making them a good combination for static electricity.

Electric charges and protons

Topic: Detection of Static Electricity

Question

November 6, 2017

I was taking a Science quiz and I googled the question and your website came up. I read it and I got the question wrong. It said "electrical charges" it is actually Protons. Just in case if you want to update that. Thanks, just thought you need to know. :)

Mika - USA

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Thanks for the feedback. A proton is not an electrical charge. Instead, it is a subatomic particle that HAS a positive (+) electric charge. Likewise, an electron is a particle that has a negative (-) charged particle.

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Where do charges go?

Topic: Basics

Question

July 21, 2017

where does the charges go when an object losses its static charges.

snobbo - Zimbabwe

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Objects usually lose static charges on their surfaces by coming near an object with opposite charges. For example, if an object has negative (-) charges on its surface, and an object with an excess of positive (+) charges comes close, the negative electrons will jump to join with the positive charged ions to neutralize the charge.

Remember that a stable atom has a positive nucleus and negative charged electrons in orbit around the outside.

New Triboelectric idea

Topic: Static Electric Materials

Question

February 20, 2017

Good Day to you sir,I have taken an interest on your webpage because I also work on Triboelectric generation techniques of my own that are considered totally outside of the box thinking. If you would be interested, I would very much like a moment of your time. THANK YOU

Benjamin - USA

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It is good that you are coming up with some new applications.

I'm not sure if I could help you, but I'd be glad to take a look at your idea.